Abstract
Crowdsourcing and collaborative translation, activities emerging on the translation scene recently, are playing an
increasingly important role in the world of professional translation and in the localization industry. This article focuses on a
study carried out to analyze the perception of a group of translator trainees regarding these new translation practices. A total
of 20 undergraduate students participated in the research and were asked to perform a collaborative localization task using an
online collaborative platform. Data subjected to a quantitative and qualitative analysis suggest that online collaborative
translation tasks enhance students’ motivation towards collaborative translation and help consolidate their technical
knowledge about specific localization tools and files.